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push-jobs-client (executable)

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Chef Push Jobs is an extension of the Chef Infra Server that allows jobs to be run against nodes independently of a Chef Infra Client run. A job is an action or a command to be executed against a subset of nodes; the nodes against which a job is run are determined by the results of a search query made to the Chef Infra Server.

Chef Push Jobs uses the Chef Infra Server API and a Ruby client to initiate all connections to the Chef Infra Server. Connections use the same authentication and authorization model as any other request made to the Chef Infra Server. A knife plugin is used to initiate job creation and job tracking.

The Chef Push Jobs executable can be run as a command-line tool.


This command has the following syntax:

push-jobs-client OPTION VALUE OPTION VALUE ...

This command has the following options:


Allow unencrypted connections to 1.x servers

-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG

The configuration file to use. The Chef Infra Client and Chef Push Jobs client use the same configuration file: client.rb. Default value: Chef::Config.platform_specific_path("/etc/chef/client.rb").

-d DIR, -file_dir DIR

Set the directory for temporary files. Default value: /tmp/chef-push.

-h, --help

Show help for the command.

-k KEY_FILE, --client-key KEY_FILE

The location of the file that contains the client key.

-l LEVEL, --log_level LEVEL

The level of logging to be stored in a log file.


The location of the log file. This is recommended when starting any executable as a daemon.

-N NODE_NAME, --node-name NODE_NAME

The name of the node.

-S URL, --server URL

The URL for the Chef Infra Server.

-v, --version

The version of Chef Push Jobs.